Legal Opinion
W.M. Schlosser Company, Incorporated v. School Board of Fairfax County, Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1993No. 92-1008PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:
The W.M. Schlosser Company appeals an order of the district court denying its motions to compel arbitration and to appoint an arbitrator to resolve its construction contract dispute with the School Board of Fairfax County, Virginia. We conclude that regardless of whether the School Board agreed to arbitrate the dispute in question, it .lacked the legal authority to arbitrate under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. We therefore affirm.
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The relevant facts necessary to the disposition of this appeal are not in dispute. On June 10, 1988, the W.M. Schlosser…
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